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deep green: jenny nazak
CHAPTER 6. MY RIOT NUMBERS AND HOW I ACHIEVE THEM Now I’m going to share with you how my numbers stack up to the targets and how I make that happen. Caveats My examples are just one person’s version of this lifestyle. You can find many, many more examples, from people of all circumstances and walks …
CHAPTER 7. MAXIMIZE YOUR HANDPRINT If you’ve done all you’re able or willing to do right now to reduce your footprint, work on increasing your handprint. Here are some suggestions: Increase Your Handprint in the Riot Categories Themselves: 1. Gasoline: Organize a workshop on bicycle safety. Start a neighborhood culture of offering others a ride …
CHAPTER 8. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Here are some common questions regarding a low-footprint lifestyle. Q. Why should I reduce my footprint when corporations are the ones producing all the stuff that’s causing the pollution? A. Who do you think is creating the demand for corporations (or China, or whoever your villain of choice is) to produce all …
CHAPTER 9. GET YOUR MIND IN ORDER Before ending the main body of this book, I have one more topic. Last but not least, get your mind in order. The phrase “It’s all in your mind” gets a bad rap. Usually people use it to mean “You’re making things up” or “You’re imagining things.” I …
APPENDIX: END-NOTES (1) Scary article about climate change: Wallace-Wells, David. “The Uninhabitable Earth”. New York Magazine, July 9, 2017: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html (2) “We Might Lose Giant Sequoia National Monument This Week,” article by Lena Moffitt, Aug 21, 2017: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/347399-we-might-lose-giant-sequoia-national-monument-this-week (3) “After public outcry, the Interior Department won’t eliminate national monuments,” article by Ruairi Arrieta-Kenna, Aug 25, …
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To all my personal eco-heroes, too numerous to list them all but here are a few—these folks truly walk their talk! Starr Benton, Cedar Stevens, Rainy S. Day, James Campbell, Alan McGill, Ken McKenzie, Brandi Clark, the Green Gate Farmers (Erin Flynn, Skip Connett, Avery Connett, Ethan Connett), Nova Marie, Joseph Jenkins, Scott Pittman, …
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CHAPTER 13-1/2. OUT-TAKES (BONUS CHAPTER) This chapter is definitely from the “Having my cake and eating it too” department. Originally, I had this material in the main body of the book, in a chapter titled “Tidbits” that immediately followed the Riot chapters. But I decided that some folks might feel overwhelmed with the extra content-dump. …